Salaams all.
I recently attended an Islamic event where I met a fellow sister and we got chatting. It turned out she is a revert of 3 years and follows the Salafi way. Since I was not familiar with this particular sect of Islam, I didn't have much to offer her in terms of advice. Even then, I usually keep that to the learned scholars as I am not equipped to be dishing out advice. When I told her I follow the Tabliq way, she became very hostile towards me and starting calling me a hypocrite. Not very nice. I excused myself and started walking in the opposite direction.
I went online to read up about Salafism and what I found was not very comforting. I know you should never trust anything you read on the internet because it could come from various corrupt sources. So I want to know from someone who is familiar with this new sect of Islam, what is it about and why is it spreading so fast? Should we be concerned as Muslims about this Salafi movement?
Shukran.
I recently attended an Islamic event where I met a fellow sister and we got chatting. It turned out she is a revert of 3 years and follows the Salafi way. Since I was not familiar with this particular sect of Islam, I didn't have much to offer her in terms of advice. Even then, I usually keep that to the learned scholars as I am not equipped to be dishing out advice. When I told her I follow the Tabliq way, she became very hostile towards me and starting calling me a hypocrite. Not very nice. I excused myself and started walking in the opposite direction.
I went online to read up about Salafism and what I found was not very comforting. I know you should never trust anything you read on the internet because it could come from various corrupt sources. So I want to know from someone who is familiar with this new sect of Islam, what is it about and why is it spreading so fast? Should we be concerned as Muslims about this Salafi movement?
Shukran.
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